Thanks Babs. Hopefully now it is under control, and I am on insulin as well as Metformin, I should be OK. Unfortunately since we moved away from UK, I've been so busy looking after my parents, then other close relatives, and was not as well cared for as I was under the wonderful NHS. Here in Switzerland, nobody looks after you, it is up to you to ensure you are looked after ... Sometimes people in UK do not realize just how fabulous the NHS can be, and is, still, in so many cases. In the UK I got an appointment every 6 months, and everything checked, and all medication, etc, FREE OF CHARGE. That just does not happen anywhere else in the world.
I shall have to work particularly hard to watch my diet and do even more physical activity.